It's Good That Pro Journalists Have Editors and Fact-Checkers
Cheney Names Two to Fill Libby's Positions (Nedra Pickler, AP)
Reid said he is disappointed that Bush and Cheney responded to the indictment by praising Libby _ known around Washington as "Scooter" _ and suggested they should apologize for the leak that revealed the identity of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame.
The indictment did not charge Libby with revealing the identity of a "covert" agent, but why bother reporting the facts when you have Sen. Reid's talking points?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 10/31/05 22:02 | Media Matters | Technorati
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No, the indictment charged him with lying to a grand jury about revealing the name of an undercover CIA operative. I don't see the problem with the article.
Posted by el_longhorn @ 09:44 on 11/01/05
The problem is that "covert" and "undercover" have very different meanings under the law that was presumably the justification for the special prosecutor.
It's a big problem. Professional journalists need to do better.
Posted by Kevin @ 09:47 on 11/01/05
Kevin: A special prosecutor was called in because John Ashcroft had to recuse himself from overseeing the case.
That was the justification; not the type of case it was.
Posted by Steve Casburn @ 13:12 on 11/01/05
Presumably, there would have been NO CASE had there been no question of whether a law was broken. In this case, the law in question specifically defines "covert."
The Ashcroft recusal is tangential.
I used "justification" in reference to the notion that some law was broken (and to the meaning of "covert" within that law). I wrote what I meant, and I wrote it very carefully that way. On second thought, though, I would have been more precise and more efficient to substitute "inquiry" for "special prosecutor."
Just think how much better it would be here if I had a staff of editors and fact-checkers to improve my style!
Posted by Kevin @ 13:25 on 11/01/05
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